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A. Marsden, in Brooklyn, to Dear Friend [Elizabeth Clarke]
Title
A. Marsden, in Brooklyn, to Dear Friend [Elizabeth Clarke].
Creator
A. Marsden
Date Issued
1874-08-14
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT3332465p
Subject Headings
Clarke Family, Family History, Genealogy
Format
Set of related objects
A. Morris, in Bishop Stortford, to Master Clarke, [Will, Alfred or John]
Title
A. Morris, in Bishop Stortford, to Master Clarke, [Will, Alfred or John].
Creator
A. Morris
Date Issued
1873-11-17
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT3332119p
Subject Headings
Clarke Family, Family History, Genealogy
Format
Set of related objects
The Effect of Sea Level Rise on Juncus roemerianus’s Ability To Remain An Environmental Restoration Indicator Species
Title
The Effect of Sea Level Rise on Juncus roemerianus’s Ability To Remain An Environmental Restoration Indicator Species.
Creator
Abbott, Cara J., Berry, Leonard, Graduate College
Abstract/Description
Juncus roemerianus, the black rush, has long been used in restoration projects in south Florida because of its unique ability to live in both freshwater and saltwater. In particular, it has been used as an indicator of salt-water incursion due to its differing physical forms in varying levels of salinity. When found in freshwater, it can reach heights over 2.1 meters, yet when found in hypersaline water, it becomes dwarfed and only 1 meter in height. Because of its dramatic differences in...
Show moreJuncus roemerianus, the black rush, has long been used in restoration projects in south Florida because of its unique ability to live in both freshwater and saltwater. In particular, it has been used as an indicator of salt-water incursion due to its differing physical forms in varying levels of salinity. When found in freshwater, it can reach heights over 2.1 meters, yet when found in hypersaline water, it becomes dwarfed and only 1 meter in height. Because of its dramatic differences in physical appearance due to salinity, it has provided an easy and fairly cheap method of determining an area’s localized salinity level. Most of Juncus roemerianus’s range in Florida lies around the coasts, which most models predict will experience significant changes due to sea level rise in the not so distant future. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the black rush can remain an environmental restoration indicator species in conditions influenced by sea level rise. This study will take place in the FAU Boca greenhouse and will target increased water levels and increased pH as the main conditions affected by sea level rise. If this study finds that increased water levels and pH do not significantly change the appearance of Juncus roemerianus in varying salinity, then this plant can confidently remain an indicator of salt-water incursion in the future. Conversely, if these conditions do change the appearance of Juncus roemerianus, then this plant may not remain an indicator species in South Florida in the future.
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Date Issued
2014
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005798
Format
Document (PDF)
role of identity in posttraumatic growth and psychological adjustment for adults with cancer
Title
The role of identity in posttraumatic growth and psychological adjustment for adults with cancer.
Creator
Abernathy, Barbara E., College of Education, Department of Counselor Education
Abstract/Description
This mixed methods sequential research study was performed to explore the role of identity in posttraumatic growth and psychological adjustment for adults with cancer. One hundred nineteen individuals participated in an online survey which included items from Brief COPE, Mini-Mental Adjustment to Cancer (Mini-MAC), Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (BIPQ), Sense of Coherence Scale - 3 items (SOC-3), Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI), Illness Intrusiveness Ratings Scale (IIRS), and...
Show moreThis mixed methods sequential research study was performed to explore the role of identity in posttraumatic growth and psychological adjustment for adults with cancer. One hundred nineteen individuals participated in an online survey which included items from Brief COPE, Mini-Mental Adjustment to Cancer (Mini-MAC), Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (BIPQ), Sense of Coherence Scale - 3 items (SOC-3), Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI), Illness Intrusiveness Ratings Scale (IIRS), and Centrality of Event Scale (CES). A two-step cluster analysis divided the sample into two clusters based on the integration of cancer into identity: High Cancer Identity Cluster (cancer identity scores above M) with strong cancer identity and Low Cancer Identity Cluster (scores below the M) with a weak or absent cancer identity. HCIC yielded positive and negative subgroups. A discriminant analysis revealed which variables are significant predictors of group membership: PTG factor New Possibilities (Wilks'l = .781, F (1, 119) = 32.834, p = .000), Psychological Adjustment factor Anxious Preoccupation (Wilks' l= .863, F (1, 119) = 18.612, p = .000), Illness Intrusiveness factor Intimate Relationships (Wilks' l= .794, F (1, 119) = 30.348, p = .000), and Illness Perception factor Perceived Life Impact of Cancer (Wilks' l= .783, F (1, 119) = 32.412, p = .000). From the sample, 17 individuals and spouses/partners were interviewed to obtain a deeper understanding of the lived experience of cancer. Qualitative themes of suffering, woundedness, and uncertainty were found. Narrative data corroborated the quantitative data and contributed depth to the analysis. A new Cancer Identity Process Model was offered in which assimilative and accommodative efforts are informed by identity structures., Performing Normalcy is an assimilative process in which stressful life events such as cancer activate automatic behaviors guided by existing identity structures with the goal of reg As dissonance grows over the inability to re-establish valued former identities, negative affect and intrusive rumination prevails. Individuals then utilize accommodative strategies in a process of Constructing Survivorship to either regain valuable aspect of former identities or to create equally valued new ones.
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Date Issued
2009
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/187204
Subject Headings
Adjustment (Psychology), Cancer, Psychological aspects, Stress management, Identity (Psychology), Mind and body
Format
Document (PDF)
Temporal and spatial variation in habitat characteristics of tilefish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps) off the east coast of Florida
Title
Temporal and spatial variation in habitat characteristics of tilefish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps) off the east coast of Florida.
Creator
Able, Kenneth W., Grimes, Churchill B., Jones, Robert S., Twichell, David C., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Date Issued
1993
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3172857
Subject Headings
Tilefish, Marine sediments --Florida, Carbonates, Sidescan sonar, Oceanographic submersibles
Format
Document (PDF)
Selected TLR Agonists Act in Synergy to Reprogram DC-NK Cross-talk and Generate Effector T cells in Nicotinic Environment
Title
Selected TLR Agonists Act in Synergy to Reprogram DC-NK Cross-talk and Generate Effector T cells in Nicotinic Environment.
Creator
Abu-Nuwar, Emily, Tamjidi, Saba, Nouri-Shirazi, Mahyar, Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry
Abstract/Description
The magnitude of immune responses to vaccination is a critical factor in determining protection from diseases. We reported that nicotine disrupts the properties of DCs that are pivotal in the initiation of immune response to vaccines. Here we investigated whether TLR agonist(s) could overcome the effects of nicotine on human DC and DC-NK cross-talk essential for effector T cell generation. nicDC, nicDC-NK, and nicDC-NK-T cultures exposed to TLR agonists were evaluated for expression of...
Show moreThe magnitude of immune responses to vaccination is a critical factor in determining protection from diseases. We reported that nicotine disrupts the properties of DCs that are pivotal in the initiation of immune response to vaccines. Here we investigated whether TLR agonist(s) could overcome the effects of nicotine on human DC and DC-NK cross-talk essential for effector T cell generation. nicDC, nicDC-NK, and nicDC-NK-T cultures exposed to TLR agonists were evaluated for expression of costimulatory molecules, cytokines, and intracellular cytokine IFN-g using ELISA and flow cytometry. Our data shows that among the TLR agonists, TLR3 and TLR8/7 synergistically optimized nicDC maturation co-cultured NK cell activation. Importantly, similar to DC-NK, nicDC-NK treated with TLR3 and TLR8/7 and co-cultured with naïve T cells promoted a comparable number of effector T cells. Our data suggest that the addition of appropriate TLR agonist(s) to vaccine formulation could potentially improve the smokers’ immune response to vaccination.
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Date Issued
2016
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005554
Subject Headings
College students --Research --United States.
Format
Document (PDF)
On the spectrum of positive operators
Title
On the spectrum of positive operators.
Creator
Acharya, Cheban P., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Mathematical Sciences
Abstract/Description
Spectral theory, mathematical system theory, evolution equations, differential and difference equations [electronic resource] : 21st International Workshop on Operator Theory and Applications, Berlin, July 2010.It is known that lattice homomorphisms and G-solvable positive operators on Banach lattices have cyclic peripheral spectrum (See [17]). In my thesis I prove that positive contractions whose spectral radius is 1 on Banach lattices with increasing norm have cyclic peripheral point...
Show moreSpectral theory, mathematical system theory, evolution equations, differential and difference equations [electronic resource] : 21st International Workshop on Operator Theory and Applications, Berlin, July 2010.It is known that lattice homomorphisms and G-solvable positive operators on Banach lattices have cyclic peripheral spectrum (See [17]). In my thesis I prove that positive contractions whose spectral radius is 1 on Banach lattices with increasing norm have cyclic peripheral point spectrum. I also prove that if the Banach lattice is a K B space satisfying the growth conditon and º is an eigenvalue of a positive contraction T such that [º] = 1, then 1 is also an eigenvalue of T as well as an eigenvalue of T¨, the dual of T. I also investigate the conditions on contraction operators on Hilbert lattices and AL-spaces which guanantee that 1 is an eigenvalue. As we know from [17], if T : E-E is a positive ideal irreducible operator on E such the r (T) = 1 is a pole of the resolvent R(º, T), then r (T) is simple pole with dimN (T -r(T)I) and ºper(T) is cyclic. Also all points of ºper(T) are simple poles of the resolvent R(º,T). SInce band irreducibility and º-order continuity do not imply ideal irreducibility [2], we prove the analogous results for band irreducible, º-order continuous operators.
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Date Issued
2012
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3359288
Subject Headings
Operator theory, Evolution equations, Banach spaces, Linear topological spaces, Functional analysis
Format
Document (PDF)
Gender, disability, and literature in the Global South
Title
Gender, disability, and literature in the Global South: Nepali writers Jhamak Ghimire and Bishnu Kumari Waiwa (Parijat).
Creator
Acharya, Tulasi., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Abstract/Description
This thesis explores gender, disability and literature in the Global South through an examination of the writings of two physically disabled contemporary women writers from Nepal, BIshnu Kumari Waiwa and Jhamak Ghimire. I show how these renowned contemporary writers challenge stigmas of the disabled body by deconstructiong the "ideology of ability" through their poetry, fiction, and autobiographical narratives. Religious and cultural values disable women's autonomy in general, and create even...
Show moreThis thesis explores gender, disability and literature in the Global South through an examination of the writings of two physically disabled contemporary women writers from Nepal, BIshnu Kumari Waiwa and Jhamak Ghimire. I show how these renowned contemporary writers challenge stigmas of the disabled body by deconstructiong the "ideology of ability" through their poetry, fiction, and autobiographical narratives. Religious and cultural values disable women's autonomy in general, and create even greater disadvantages for women who are physically disabled. Challenging these cultural stigmas, Waiwa and Ghimire celebrate sexuality and disability as sources of creativity, agency, and identity in narratives that deconstruct cultural or social models of sexuality, motherhood, and beauty. In this thesis feminist disability and feminist theory guide an analysis of Waiwa and Ghimire's writing to advance our understanding of gender, culture, disability and literature in the Global South.
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Date Issued
2012
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3356903
Subject Headings
Criticism and interpretation, Criticism and interpretation, Prejudices in literature, Discrimination against people with disabilities, Stigma (Social psychology), Women in literature, Social conditions
Format
Document (PDF)
U.S. relations with China
Title
U.S. relations with China.
Creator
Acheson, Dean
Abstract/Description
This item is part of the Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements (PRISM) digital collection, a collaborative initiative between Florida Atlantic University and University of Central Florida in the Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (PALMM).
Date Issued
196-
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00002781
Subject Headings
United States -- Foreign relations -- China.
Format
Document (PDF)
call of public service
Title
The call of public service: motivation and professional commitment in education.
Creator
Ackerina, Jacqueline., College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Abstract/Description
The purpose of this study was to determine if individuals who are professionally committed to careers in public education possess public service motivation. The participants in this study were a sample of convenience selected through their enrollment in graduate education programs within three East Coast universities. The sample was stratified into three groups based on their education roles as teachers, aspiring leaders, and school district administrators. Based on the 258 education sector...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to determine if individuals who are professionally committed to careers in public education possess public service motivation. The participants in this study were a sample of convenience selected through their enrollment in graduate education programs within three East Coast universities. The sample was stratified into three groups based on their education roles as teachers, aspiring leaders, and school district administrators. Based on the 258 education sector participants, the majority were Caucasian, female, and under the age of 30. All respondents held at least a bachelor's degree and the majority held up to ten years tenure in education. Utilizing an abridged version of Perry's (1996) multi-dimensional scale that was modified for the education sector, the public service motivation (PSM) construct was measured using an Internet survey approach. Three of the public service motivation dimensions and two commitment items were used to operationalize the PSM and professional commitment of education professionals within their current roles. Correlation, regression, ANOVA, and t-test analyses were conducted to examine the data collected. Study findings concluded that education professionals possess public service motivation and are professionally committed to their careers. In addition, results indicated that school district administrators possessed higher levels of public service motivation than teachers. Furthermore, demographic characteristics indicated that educators who are older, more experienced, and highly educated possess higher levels of PSM. Perhaps the most critical discovery was that when comparing education professionals to their public administration counterparts, educators possessed higher levels of public service motivation. These findings have several important implications for education institutions, academic scholars, human resource managers, and leadership preparation programs that would all benefit from all
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Date Issued
2012
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3342031
Subject Headings
Motivation (Psychology), Educational leadership, Public administration, Education, Aims and objectives, Education, Social aspects
Format
Document (PDF)
Inducing relaxation in the queen conch Strombus gigas (L.) for cultured pearl production
Title
Inducing relaxation in the queen conch Strombus gigas (L.) for cultured pearl production.
Creator
Acosta-Salmón, Héctor, Davis, Megan
Date Issued
2006
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2761975
Subject Headings
Queen conch, Pearls, Marine biology --Research
Format
Document (PDF)
An oration, delivered before the municipal authorities of the city of Fall River, July 4, 1860
Title
An oration, delivered before the municipal authorities of the city of Fall River, July 4, 1860.
Creator
Adams, Charles Francis 1807-1886, Almy & Milne
Abstract/Description
By Charles Francis AdamsTitle and text within double rule borders. Includes bibliographical references. FAU copy edges trimmed to 21 cm.
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb18f35
Subject Headings
Fourth of July celebrations -- Massachusetts -- Fall River, Fourth of July orations -- 19th century, Fourth of July addresses -- 1860, Equality, Slavery -- United States, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century, United States -- Declaration of Independence
Format
E-book
The address of Charles Francis Adams, of Massachusetts, on the life, character, and services, of William H. Seward : delivered by invitation of the legislature of the state of New York, in Albany, April 18, 1873
Title
The address of Charles Francis Adams, of Massachusetts, on the life, character, and services, of William H. Seward : delivered by invitation of the legislature of the state of New York, in Albany, April 18, 1873.
Creator
Adams, Charles Francis 1807-1886, D. Appleton and Company
Abstract/Description
Cover title: Memorial address of Charles Francis Adams, of Massachusetts, on the life, character, and services, of William H. Seward. Notes: Publisher's advertisement, with "notices of the press," for Seward's Travels around the world: pages [2-4] of covers. FAU Libraries' copy has original printed blue wrappers, side stitched with cord.
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb23f31
Subject Headings
Seward, William H. -- (William Henry) -- 1801-1872 -- Death and burial, Eulogies, Governors -- New York (State) -- Biography, Legislators -- United States -- Biography, Memorials (Commemorative) -- 1873, Political leadership -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources, Statesmen -- United States -- Biography, United States -- Congress -- Senate -- Biography, United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes, United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1861
Format
E-book
Indications ofrelationships between poriferan classes using full-length 18S rRNA gene sequences
Title
Indications ofrelationships between poriferan classes using full-length 18S rRNA gene sequences.
Creator
Adams, Christi L., McInerney, James O., Kelly-Borges, M., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Date Issued
1999
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007272
Subject Headings
Sponges, RNA, Ribosomal, 18S, Demospongiae, Phylogeny--Molecular aspects, Calcarea, Hexactinellida
Format
Document (PDF)
Effect of MDMA abuse on axonal transportation of serotonergic nervous system in the rat brain
Title
Effect of MDMA abuse on axonal transportation of serotonergic nervous system in the rat brain.
Creator
Adams, Herbert D., Ma, Zhiyuan, Tao, Rui
Date Issued
2012-04-06
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3348609
Subject Headings
N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine, Ecstasy, Receptors, Serotonin - drug effects, Serotonergic nervous system, Substance-related disorders, Methamphetamine --adverse effects, Serotonin --pharmacokinetics
Format
Document (PDF)
Land use and the spatial distribution of perfluoroalkyl compounds as measured in the plasma of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)
Title
Land use and the spatial distribution of perfluoroalkyl compounds as measured in the plasma of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus).
Creator
Adams, Jeffrey, Houde, Magali, Muir, Derek, Speakman, Todd, Bossart, Gregory D., Fair, Patricia A., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Date Issued
2008
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/1925504
Subject Headings
Bottlenose dolphin --Research --United States
Format
Document (PDF)
An oration delivered before the inhabitants of the town of Newburyport, at their request, on the sixty-first anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1837
Title
An oration delivered before the inhabitants of the town of Newburyport, at their request, on the sixty-first anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1837.
Creator
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848, Herald Office (Newburyport, Mass.)
Abstract/Description
Copyright 1837 by Morss & Brewster. FAU Libraries' copy edges trimmed to 22 cm.
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb12f9
Subject Headings
Fourth of July addresses -- 1837, Fourth of July orations -- 19th century, Fourth of July celebrations -- Massachusetts -- Newburyport, Slavery -- United States, United States Declaration of Independence, United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century
Format
E-book
A sermon preached to the congregation at the Essex Street Church, October 31, 1852 : the Sabbath after the interment of Hon. Daniel Webster
Title
A sermon preached to the congregation at the Essex Street Church, October 31, 1852 : the Sabbath after the interment of Hon. Daniel Webster.
Creator
Adams, Nehemiah 1806-1878, Rand, George Curtis 1818 or 1819-1878
Abstract/Description
Adams' sermon after the interment of Mr. Webster. Cover title Rev. Dr. Adams' sermon after the interment of Mr. Webster. Copyright by Thomas J. Lee and Francis F. Emery. Text of sermon on I Samuel XXV,1. Includes bibliographical references. FAU copy in original printed paper wrappers; side stitched with cord.
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb16f8
Subject Headings
Webster, Daniel -- 1782-1852 -- Sermons, Webster, Daniel -- 1782-1852 -- Death and burial, Eulogies -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- 19th century, Eulogies -- 1852, Orators -- United States -- Biography, Politicians -- Massachusetts -- Biography, Cabinet officers -- United States -- Biography, Legislators -- United States -- Biography, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century, Bible -- Samuel, 1st, XXV, 1 -- Sermons
Format
E-book
representation paradox
Title
The representation paradox.
Creator
Adams, Robert T., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Date Issued
2009
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/209983
Subject Headings
Politics, Practical, Representative government and representation, Political participation, Politics and government
Format
Document (PDF)
The use of long-term data to examine variability in the population structure and habitat use of Atlantic spotted dolphins in the Northern Bahamas
Title
The use of long-term data to examine variability in the population structure and habitat use of Atlantic spotted dolphins in the Northern Bahamas.
Creator
Adams, Tiffany, Graduate College
Date Issued
2010-04-09
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3176143
Format
Document (PDF)

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